Welcome..... Welcome to our Church, to our Parish, to St Albans and to our
website

Are you new to
the Parish?With six Masses most weekends at three locations,
seven schools in the parish, thriving groups for kids, the youth and young
adults, there's plenty to do!

Please feel free to
introduce yourself to one of our priests after Mass or just call in at the
presbytery, or pick up a parishioner registration card from the Church or
one of the Mass Centres. You can also pick up a new parishioner registration
card from the back of the Church, or
simply download one here,
fill it in, and hand it in at the presbytery

...or are you just browsing?
Whether you're a parishioner or from far away you're very welcome - we hope you enjoy your visit here, to the city
which is the birthplace of Britain's first martyr, St Alban, we invite you to come in and look around our website.

PriestsFr TJ (Tom) Plower MSC is our
Parish Priest and joined us in 2015, having moving here from Ireland. Fr Tom Hewitt MSC (re)joined
our parish from Tamworth in 2006 (Fr Tom had worked here in the 90s), and
Fr Jimmy Stubbs joined us in 2012. We are blessed too to have Sister Anita
O'Leary with us as our Youth Coordinator.
Click here for more >>>Our Parish has been served by priests and Missionaries of the
Sacred Heart (MSC) since 1899 and is currently one of six in England served
by the MSC Irish Province. Click here for more >>>

SchoolsThere are three schools locally for the under 11s:
Ss Alban & Stephen
Infants, Ss Alban & Stephen Juniors & St
John Fisher (JMI) School. There are three Catholic secondary
schools in the area: Loreto College
(girls), Nicholas Breakspear (mixed) and St Columba's (boys) Click here
for our Schools page >>> Young People/YouthOur parish is ALIVE with activities
for youngsters of all ages... PLEASE visit our sister website SASYOUTH
to find out more, click here for the Youth
website

Young Adults (18 -
30s.... ish!)If you're between 18 and 30 then
there's a vibrant and lively social scene for you too, often meeting in the
Robin Hood after Sunday Evening Mass click here for the 18 to
30s webpage

Mass TimesOn Sundays (including the Saturday vigil), Mass is celebrated
at two location: in the Church, and at the
Marshalswick Mass Centre (at St John Fisher
School). During the week, Mass is celebrated
twice daily in the Church. On Fridays, there is also a Mass celebrated
at St Albans Abbey.Click here for Mass Times >>

Polish and Italian Masses
Once a month, Mass is also celebrated in in Italian, and twice a month
in Polish Click here for more >>>> Small Groups There are over
30 Small Groups in the parish, which generally meet regularly from once a
week to once a month, for an hour or two in members’ houses. Group size varies
between about 6 and 12 members. There is no fixed format for meetings,
but most will include a combination of prayer, listening to the Word of
God, sharing our beliefs, reflecting on how we can respond, and socialising.
More >>>>

Download a Welcome Leaflet Please click
here to download a welcome leaflet, for yourself, or to give to others